Tying device



Nov. 12, 192.9. J MORGAN Y 1,735,691

TYING DEVICE I Filed April 3, 1928 v .F: :5- l

llllllil NVENTOR B1111 Lawler Morgan 3 v d ATTZJRNEY WITNESSES PatentedNov. 12, 1929 JOHN LAWLER MORGAN, or CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, essronon roanssnsnrnusrnm, a

or CAMDEN, new JEasnY I TYING DEVICE Application filed April S 1928.Serial No. 266,887.

to another department of the same plant. 7

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivedevice by means of which a cord may be quickly secured about a packageor bundle and quickly removed without cutting or untying, thus savingboth time and material. 7 a

The invention consists of a block having'a bore, in which a cord may besecured, and a slot or slots, into which the free end of the cord may bepassed and by which it may be held. The slot or slots may comprise boreshaving passages leading therefrom to a side of the block and the cordmay be provided with a knot resting against the surface of the block ata point between the slots. 'An embodiment of the invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tying device constructed accordingto my invention,

Figure 2 is a front View of a stack of material bound by a cord havingits ends connected by one of my improved tying devices, and

Figure 8 a fragmentary bottom plan view of the stack of material andtying device shown in Figure 1. i p a "The device consists of a block 5having a central longitudinal bore 6 flanked on either side by parallelrecessed slots 7' and 8 whose recesses or bores 9 and 10 are preferablyslightly larger than a cord 11 which is passed through central bore 6and has a knot 12 of greater diameter than the central bore or' otherenlargement formed inor secured to the cord should be chamfered so as toreduce one end. The entrances to slots 7 and 8 are. preferably a snuglitfor cord 11 or of slightly less width than the diameter of the cordand all corners and edges coming in contact with the wear on the cord'toa minimum. As shown in Figure 2, cord 11 may be wrapped around a stack13of material and its free end 14: secured in slots 7 and 8.

There are several methods of securing the free end of the cord in theblock but the most convenient and rapid Way is to grasp block 5 in theleft hand andend of the cord 14 in the right hand, place the cord undersufficient tension, pass it behind the block, downwardly throughslot 7,around knot 12, and upwardly through slot 8', the hand makingsubstantially a continuous movement and the operation consuming butafraction of the time required to tie a knot.

Another manner of using the device is to pass the free end 14 upwardlythroughslot 7, downwardly behind the back of block 5" and upwardlythrough slot 8 and is, perhaps, the best method of fastening the freeend of the cord when it is desired to keep the bight of the cord underas greata tension-as is possible. The first mentioned method, however,is quicker. To remove the device, the free end is simply pulled out ofthe slots.

The device as illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described inthe preceding paragraphs is illustrative ofmy invention and it is to beunderstood may be departed from indetail' within the scope of theinvention as measured by the appended claims.

I claim I I 1. A tying block having a central bore extendingtherethrough and a bore at each side of the central bore and paralleltherewith, the block further having slots in one of its sides which formentrances to the side bores and which are of slightly less width thanthe diameter of the cord with which the device is to be used, the boresbeing slightly greater in diameter than the diameter of the cord. 1

2. A tyingblock having a series of bores throughits greatest dimension,the outer Y bores'having slots parallel and co-extensive therewith andof less Width than the diameter of'the bores and extending from one sideof saidblock and communicating with said bores. V v

V In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. V I

;,.JOHN AWLER MORGAN;

